Knowledge Base

The Energies Listed are Binding Energies!

• Sb 3d: 528 eV
• Sb 3p: 766 eV
• Sb 4s: 152 eV
• Sb 4p: 99 eV
• Sb 4d: 32 eV

The Energies Listed are Binding Energies!

Sb is primarily analyzed via the 3d orbital

• Dy MNN b (Al source) (517 eV)
• Re 4p1/2 (518 eV)
• Pt 4p3/2 (519 eV)
• V 2p1/2 (519.8 eV)
• Rh 3p1/2 (521 eV)
• O 1s (529.1 eV)
• Pd 3p3/2 (531 eV)
• Hf 4s (538 eV)
• Au 4p3/2 (546 eV)

Energies listed are Kinetic Energies!

Sb MNN: ~ 450 eV

Antimony systems are not known to interact in any significant way with experimental conditions during XPS analysis.

Care should be taken to record both the 3d 5/2 and the 3d 3/2 peaks when obtaining data for antimony based systems, since the 3/2 emissions will be vital in proper data handling of the 5/2 emission due to overlap with the O 1s feature.

Sb metal exhibits a modicum of asymmetry, for example – the clean Sb metal surface below may be fit with an LF(0.65,0.69,60,100,10) lineshape with the appropriate background. Important to note also, is the shake-up structure appearing at ~544 eV. The data below is available online via work from HarwellXPS technical director Dr. David Morgan at Surface Science Spectra.

Fitting of the overlapping (with O 1s) Sb 3d 5/2 peak is made easier through using the unaffected 3d 3/2 peak. Peak constraints may be used to fix the overlapping peak to the ‘free’ peak, particularly important in the case of multiple Sb states.